Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - pink

1. n. & adj. --n. 1 a pale red colour (decorated in pink). 2 a any cultivated plant of the genus Dianthus, with sweet-smelling white, pink, crimson, etc. flowers. b the flower of this plant. 3 (prec. by the) the most perfect condition etc. (the pink of elegance). 4 (also hunting-pink) a a fox-hunter's red coat. b the cloth for this. c a fox-hunter. --adj. 1 (often in comb.) of a pale red colour of any of various shades (rose-pink; salmon-pink). 2 esp. derog. tending to socialism. Phrases and idioms in the pink colloq. in very good health. pink-collar (usu. attrib.) (of a profession etc.) traditionally associated with women (cf. white-collar, blue-collar (see BLUE(1))). pink disease a disease of young children with pink discoloration of the extremities. pink elephants colloq. hallucinations caused by alcoholism. pink-eye 1 a contagious fever in horses. 2 contagious ophthalmia in humans and some livestock. pink-gin gin flavoured with angostura bitters. Derivatives pinkish adj. pinkly adv. pinkness n. pinky adj. Etymology: perh. f. dial. pink-eyed having small eyes 2. v.tr. 1 pierce slightly with a sword etc. 2 cut a scalloped or zigzag edge on. 3 (often foll. by out) ornament (leather etc.) with perforations. 4 adorn; deck. Phrases and idioms pinking shears (or scissors) a dressmaker's serrated shears for cutting a zigzag edge. Etymology: ME, perh. f. LG or Du.: cf. LG pinken strike, peck 3. v.intr. (of a vehicle engine) emit a series of high-pitched explosive sounds caused by faulty combustion. Etymology: imit. 4. n. hist. a sailing-ship, esp. with a narrow stern, orig. small and flat-bottomed. Etymology: ME f. MDu. pin(c)ke, of unkn. orig. 5. n. a yellowish lake pigment made by combining vegetable colouring matter with a white base (brown pink; French pink). Etymology: 17th c.: orig. unkn. 6. n. Brit. 1 a young salmon. 2 dial. a minnow. Etymology: 15th c. penk, of unkn. orig.